2019 Ards and North Down Borough Council election


The second election to Ards and North Down Borough Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party once again won a plurality of seats.

Results by party

The overall turnout was 43.80% with a total of 50,206 valid votes cast. A total of 660 ballots were rejected.

Council composition

Following the previous election in 2014, the composition of the council was:
After the election, the composition of the council was:
I - Independent

S - SDLP

T - TUV

Results by electoral area

Ards Peninsula

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2014-2019 Change: No change

Bangor Central

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Greens

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Greens, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2014-2019 Change: Independent gains one seat from UUP

Bangor East and Donaghadee

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2019: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2014-2019 Change: UUP gain one seat from DUP

Bangor West

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green

2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green

2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain one seat from DUP

Comber

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV

2014-2019 Change: No change

Holywood and Clandeboye

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green, 1 x UUP

2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain one seat from DUP

Newtownards

2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain one seat from UUP

Changes during the term

† Co-options

‡ Changes in affiliation

None

– Suspensions

None
Last update 7 May 2020.
Current composition: see Ards and North Down Borough Council.''